David Needell

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“When Inspiration Strikes” by David Needell

Submitted to Contest #152

Humans have always believed their ideas to be, well, their own. And given their limited sensory inputs and primitive cognitive functions, who could blame them? After all, if humans could grapple with the concept of an ethereal, hyper-dimensional agent tasked with bestowing femtosecond, ineffable sparks of inspiration, the very existence of said agent would be, as a result, superfluous. Alas, humans are limited—trust me,...

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I hail from the pine and fir forests of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain foothills, never say no to a spirited existential discussion, obsess over the principles of light-matter interactions in physics, and love to devour a good story—be it science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction, literature, or any and everything in-between. I believe that a compelling story can sprout from just about anywhere, and I aim to live my life guided by my sincere curiosity and unbridled imagination.